The Lafnitz ( hu, Lapincs) is a river in southeastern

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

and (briefly) western

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...

. The Lafnitz is long, and has a basin area of . It rises near the border of

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered ...

and

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

, and flows in a generally southeastern direction through the towns of

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz Rohrbach an der Lafnitz is a municipality in Styria, Austria. It is in the judicial district of Hartberg and the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld. Geography Rohrbach an der Lafnitz is in the Joglland, approximately north of the cit ...

, Lafnitz, Markt Allhau, Wolfau, Wörth an der Lafnitz, Neudau,

Deutsch Kaltenbrunn Deutsch Kaltenbrunn ( hu, Némethidegkút, Német-Hidegkút, sl, Mrzli Most) is a town in the district of Jennersdorf in Burgenland in Austria. Geography Cadastral communities are Deutsch Kaltenbrunn and Rohrbrunn Rohrbrunn ( hu, Nádkút) i ...

, Rudersdorf, Königsdorf, and

Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal ( hu, Rábakeresztúr, Rába-Keresztúr, ) is a town in the district of Jennersdorf in the Austrian state of Burgenland Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Grad ...

, and it empties into the

Rába The Rába (german: Raab; hu, Rába; sl, Raba ) is a river in southeastern Austria and western Hungary and a right tributary of the Danube. Geography Its source is in Austria, some kilometres east of Bruck an der Mur below Heubodenhöhe Hill. ...

less than a kilometer inside Hungary, in the town of

Szentgotthárd Szentgotthárd ( sl, Monošter; german: St. Gotthard) is the westernmost town of Hungary. It is situated on the Rába River near the Austrian border. History The town took its name from, and grew up round, the Cistercian Szentgotthárd Abbey, fo ...

. For much of its length it forms the border between Styria and

Burgenland Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two statutory cities and seven rural districts, with a total of ...

. Its largest tributary is the .

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